Strange side effects from medications

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Doctors and scientists have compiled a list of the most bizarre side effects that occur when taking certain medications.

1. In the first place in the list of drugs, the reception of which causes unusual side effects, proved sodium valproate for epilepsy therapy. Receiving drugs can cause nausea, vomiting, stomach pain, disrupt the function of the liver and pancreas, as well as cause dizziness and hallucinations. However, the most innocuous and unexpected side effect was the ability of the drug to make straight hair curly. According to scientists, this is due to a decrease in the concentration of zinc, copper and magnesium - the chemical elements essential for the growth and nutrition of hair. Therefore, the abolition of therapy hair become straight again.

2. In a strange side effect of clomipramine has - for the treatment of depression and phobias. The therapeutic effect of the medicine based on increasing the concentration of the neurotransmitter serotonin in the brain. Patients taking clomipramine, yawn regularly even if not tired and does not want to sleep. The scientific literature has been described two cases in which the drug is even more unusual side effect - the involuntary orgasm.

3. Taking certain medicines change the color of body fluids. One such drug is Viagra, the use of which may lead to discolouration of urine in blue. As explained to the scientists, the whole thing in the chemical composition of the drug coating film. Diuretic triamterene has a similar side effect.

4. For treatment of glaucoma, physicians often prescribe bimatoprost in the form of eye drops. One of its side effects - increase in the rate of growth of eyelashes, and improving their structure. Taking the bimatoprost, an American company Allergan launched a cosmetic to accelerate the growth of eyelashes, which in 2008 approved for the Office of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

5. Taking some neuroleptics and antidepressants, such as trazodone, can cause delicate problem - too long erection. According to scientists, in some cases, these medications may interfere with blood flow to the penis. In the event that an erection occurs more than four hours, you should seek medical attention.

6. In 2004, the magazine published an article about the Infection antifungals voriconazole reception that cause auditory hallucinations. As the 74-year-old patient for five days, he regularly "hear" popular songs, among them Bing Crosby composition. Four years later, in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases published an article on the other side effects of voriconazole: 12 patients who took the drug for a long time, there were visual hallucinations.